Painter Wants Debates, Not TV Ads, In Race With Sen. Smith By Bill Sorem | June 28, 2018 Former Republican Richard Painter says he has asked for debates with Sen. Tina Smith (DFL-MN) multiple times. “So far no go. I will fly to Washington to debate her if she doesn’t have time to come here.”
Campaign Finance Offer To Audit MN GOP Books Withdrawn By Michael McIntee | August 16, 2012 Deep in debt, MN GOP turns down an offer to pay for a forensic audit on it’s books. It’s to avoid additional embarrassment over misuse of party funds says a former candidate for Republican Party Chair.
Campaign Finance Smoking Gun email: MN GOP May Have Hid Corporate Contributions By Michael McIntee | July 18, 2012 An email from the former chair of Minnesota’s Republican Party could lead to another Campaign Finance Board investigation of the GOP.
Campaign Finance Chair’s Recount Coverup Comes Back To Haunt MN GOP By Michael McIntee | July 13, 2012 Former Minnesota Republican Party Chair Tony Sutton illegally redirected campaign contributions to conceal the names of donors to pay for a recount of the 2010 Governor’s race says the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board.
Campaign Finance Do Corporations Deserve a Bully Pulpit? By Jacob Wheeler | June 26, 2012 Should corporations be able to financially support a political candidate or publicly express their opinion on a controversial issue such as same-sex marriage rights?
Campaign Finance Mixing Corporations And Politics Can Be A Drag By Bill Sorem | June 25, 2012 Should corporations participate in and exert influences on political campaigns and political issues?
Campaign Finance “Dark Money” Plays Huge Role In Walker Wisconsin Recall Victory By Michael McIntee | June 6, 2012 “Dark money”- political contributions that can’t be traced back to the original donors played a huge role in Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s victory in a recall election.
Campaign Finance Report Details ALEC’s Undisclosed Influence On Wisconsin Government By Michael McIntee | May 17, 2012 Corporate money may have illegally influenced Wisconsin’s state government says a report from the Center for Media and Democracy in Madison, Wisconsin.
Campaign Finance MN Activists Call on 3M to Remove Corporate Funds From Politics By Bill Sorem | May 11, 2012 3M shareholders at annual meeting were asked to stop all corporate contributions to political campaigns and to disclose corporate political lobbying efforts. As expected, the resolutions were voted down, but the activists pledged to continue efforts.
Campaign Finance Plagiarism Or Research By Minnesota Legislators? By Bill Sorem | April 5, 2012 Mike Dean, Executive Director, Minnesota Common Cause talks about the history of ALEC influence and its effect on current legislation.
Campaign Finance Minnetonkans Skeptical of Proposed Voter Photo ID Amendment By Bill Sorem | February 29, 2012 What’s the motive for voter photo ID according to Minnetonka progressives? Two words: voter suppression.
Campaign Finance State Should Get Illegally Generated Donations To GOP Says DFL By Michael McIntee | February 17, 2012 Minnesota Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk wants the Republican party to send any donations it got from government printed literature sent to the state of Minnesota.
Campaign Finance Occupy MN Targets ALEC & Corporate Influence In Government By Michael McIntee | February 6, 2012 Occupy organizers say corporate money has too big of an influence on Minnesota’s government and there needs to be reforms.
Campaign Finance Somali Women To Flex Political Muscle At MN Caucuses By Bill Sorem | January 30, 2012 Minnesota’s Democratic party is reaching out to new citizens such as Somalis with lessons on how to navigate the state’s sometimes confusing political caucus system.
Campaign Finance MN GOP Hit With Second Federal Ethics Complaint By Michael McIntee | January 11, 2012 A complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission says the Minnesota Republican Party has continued to hide its debts.
2012 How Should We Pay For Campaigns & Elections? By Allison Herrera | January 10, 2012 Surprisingly most of the conservative voters we talked to in Iowa told us there should be some sort of limit on what corporations can do to influence elections.
Campaign Finance MN GOP Faces Campaign Finance Board Investigation By Michael McIntee | January 9, 2012 Minnesota Republicans have publicly owned up to some of their financial mistakes and that could mean more than a million dollars in fines if an investigation from the state Campaign Finance Board finds the party acted illegally.
2012 Iowa Voter: “Corporations Should Quit Buying Elections” By Jacob Wheeler | January 8, 2012 Waterloo, Iowa, resident Paul Smith takes offense to wealthy elitists like Romney coming into Iowa and donning blue jeans and a flannel shirt to pretend he’s a farmer.
Campaign Finance Former National GOP Chair Defends Corporate Election Spending By Michael McIntee | January 2, 2012 Former National Republican Party Chair Michael Steele says corporations have the right to spend as much money as they want on elections.
2012 Corporate Money In Politics-Ron Paul Supporters By Michael McIntee | January 2, 2012 Presidential candidate Ron Paul preaches about freedom, and fewer government restrictions. However several of the his supporters we talked to in Des Moines think there should be some restrictions on corporate money in politics.
Campaign Finance Court OK’s Occupy MN To “Re-sign” Plaza By Bill Sorem | December 11, 2011 The signs calling for income equality are back up again at The People’s Plaza (also known as Hennepin County Government Center) in Minneapolis.
Campaign Finance Arctic Explorer Bancroft Helps OccupyMN Winterize By Bill Sorem | November 13, 2011 “People are just ticked off. So isn’t that a good enough message? — Arctic explorer Ann Bancroft on OccupyMN
Campaign Finance OccupyMN Wins Free Speech Battle With Hennepin County By Bill Sorem | November 4, 2011 Chalk up a victory for free speech. OccupyMN’s protest signs are back and Hennepin County workers have relented in their attempts to take them down.
Campaign Finance A Wake For The Middle Class Marches To The Vikings Dome By Bill Sorem | October 25, 2011 The middle class is dead, murdered by greedy members of the 1% of America that control most of the country’s wealth. That was the message behind “A Wake for the Middle Class” protest.
Campaign Finance NOC Calls on Minneapolis Public Schools to Divest from Wells Fargo By Jacob Wheeler | October 12, 2011 MN Neighborhoods Organizing for Change and North Minneapolis activists yesterday called on Minneapolis Public Schools to divest from Wells Fargo Bank — which they say has exacerbated the mortgage foreclosure crisis — especially in hard-luck North Minneapolis.
Campaign Finance OccupyMN Gains Energy; Adds New People By Bill Sorem | October 9, 2011 A focus on Income and wealth injustice attracts disparate groups to Minnesota’s version of “Occupy Wall Street”.
